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Looking for game rec for extended downtime due to illness (piefed.ca)
submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Bo7a@piefed.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca
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Mods - I am not sure how to read the rule against game suggestions. If it means no asking for suggestions please just wipe the post. No harm, no foul.

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Fall is usually my busiest time of year preparing for winter in our little forest home. But I have been given orders from the doctors to basically take bedrest for up to 3 months, but I'm allowed to be sitting up... So books and games are basically all that is on the menu.

I enjoy automation games, tower defense, survival/building games, and exploration games.

I dislike 'souls-like' experiences where combat is tight and requires perfect timing. In fact in most games where combat can be disabled I usually do that.

My top games of all time would be factorio, minecraft, WoW/FFXIV (yeah... i know. But they count as one), Dyson sphere program, vampire survivors (and many of that type), and gemcraft type TD games.

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Some games that have been recommended and tried, but don't work for me right now or I have already finished:
mindustry, satisfactory, valheim, no man's sky, alchemy factory, luanti, terraria.

Thanks in advance for your time. Much appreciated.

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[-] StringPotatoTheory@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

A very fun exploration and puzzle game would be Tunic. It has combat which can be pretty tricky at times but in the game's settings you can make yourself invincible so you can just get through the combat if you'd like. If you try Outer Wilds and like it, I would try Tunic as well.

Both of these games are so interesting because they can be completed at any point, but it's completely dependent of everything you the player learn while playing the game. But for that reason I would not look into the games more than what's on the Steam store page, you gotta go in blind.

[-] Bo7a@piefed.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

Thank you kindly. Tunic looks quite unique. On the list!

[-] Ekkosangen@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

Tunic is very good, just note that it does cross into soulslike a bit. The combat is reminiscent at minimum.

[-] Bo7a@piefed.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

Ahh thanks for that warning. I'll skip that for now then.

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